The sun shines through an afternoon rain shower in East Texas.
Just east of Hoosac Tunnel is this rather significant washout. Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Irene caused a stream to over flow and wash away the embankment of the Deerfield River Bridge.
Pan Am crews tend to one of the many washouts on the railroads west end caused by Tropical Storm Irene
A bike rider prepares to exit the West portal of Tunnel 20. Reopened in 2001, the former CMSP&P 8,711 foot long tunnel is part of the excellent Hiawatha Trail, where bikers can drive their car to ... (more)
One of the former brilliant Milwaukee Road curved trestles no longer carries the weight of Little Joes or SD40-2s, instead, the bridge and the former catenary poles serve as a reminder to the thou... (more)
Inter City 590 non stop to Basel SBB is leaving Zürich main station in the blue hour at 8.34 PM.
Zürich main station at night, from the end of the platform towards entrance tracks
A Loram rail grinder douses sparks it left on its first pass of the big trestle at Ludlow.
The sun sets as the cantilever signal stands guard over Sandcut. The headlight of a southbound train is visible near Kern Junction, about 12 miles away.
Snoqualmie Tunnel in the Cascade Mountains of Washington was completed in 1914. It served the Milwaukee Road for 66 years hosting everything from the Olympian Hiawatha to the "Dead Freights" of th... (more)
Two loaded covered hoppers frame the northbound signal at Rowen as the train slowly descends Tehachapi Pass.
These Pennsy position lights have seen plenty of sunrises in their day, but every sunrise brings the ultimate sunset just a little bit closer.
This morning the WB "Sunset" is powered by a pinch-hitting old SP U-boat as it plunges into to that stuff the city fathers there like us to refer to as "haze". The classic old round end observati... (more)
As the morning fog begins to burn off, the signals at Miller City begin to become visible.
Right down the bore - sunrise at the NS yards in Fostoria.
